Soap holder



Jan. 5, 1932. H w, lN s 1,840,096.

SOAP HOLDER Filed May 24, 1928 m Hon om 14 Mira e:

Patented Jan. 5, 1932 p 2 UNITED, STATES.

- PATENT oFricsi HOWARD mammals, or wononsrnn, MASSACHU ETTS. ASSIGNOR TO THE WASHJ ,7

BURN COMPANY, or wononsrrin, masseonnsn'rrs, A' CORPORATION or MASSA- CHUSET'I'S soar Ho nnn My invention relates to soap racks, or holders, of a type adapted to be supported between the upright faucets of awash bowl by means of flexible members forming a part of .the 5holder and which may be readily passed around the faucets so as to support the holder therebetween. I The object of my invention is to provide an improved soap holder of the type desighated that may be cheaply and quickly manufactured in large quantities, the flexible supporting members which form part of the. holder being so connected to the frame of the holder that they cannot become displaced and will aways serve to support the holder firmly between the two faucet-s. The above and other advantageous features of my invention will hereinafter more fully appear, reference being made to the accompanying drawings in which i Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation showing my improved soap holder supported between two faucets of a wash basin..

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder removed from the faucets.

Fig. 8 is a view in side elevation of the holder with the flexible attaching members removed therefrom.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing on an enlarged scale the manner of permanently securing the flexible supporting members to the holder.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the difl'erent figures.

As best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the holder 7 comprises a rectangular frame 1 preferably v enough to slip it over one of the handles 9.

The supporting members 5 yield readily formed of wire bent to. the proper shape with its ends welded at 1a to provide a rigid frame. A series of spaced shallow U-shaped cross members 2, 2 aresecured-to the long sides of the frame 1 in any suitable manner, as by spot welding theend portions 2a of each cross member to the frame 1. A pair of spaced longitudinal members 3, 3, eachalso in the form of a shallow U, are secured to both the frame 1 andthe cross members 2 as shown preferably by spot welding. lVith the cross members 2 and the longitudinal members 3 secured to the frame 1 at their ends and to each other, at intermediate points, it

is obvious that the whole assembly provides a very strong and light soap holderv which canbe produced in largequantitiesat a low manufacturing cost.

As best shown in F igs. 3 and 4, the end portion 4 of each longitudinal member 3 is bent back on itself beyond the frame 1 and a flexible supporting member 5 is secured at its ends to the spaced end portions 4 projecting from opposite sides of the shorter ends ofthe frame 1. Each flexible member 5 is preferably in the form of a wire coil with its convolutions 6 normally closely together and with the internal diameter of thecoil of such size as to fit over the doubled end portions i 6a on a portion 4a which is of single thickness between the end of the doubled portion '7 e and the point of attachment of the member 3 to the frame 1. With each flexible member 5 thus secured to the end portions 4: it is obvious that any force tending to pull the member 5 off of the holder will only result in 1 causing the contracted end convolutions 6a to more closely engage the shoulders 7 at the ends of the doubled portions 4.

WVhen in use my improved holder is adapted to be supported between two spaced fau- A cets of a wash basin as indicated in Fig. 1. Only the shank. 8 of each faucet valve is shown, together with the handle 9 by means of which the valve may be turned, and it is obviousthat the flexible supporting member 5 at each end of the frame 1 can be stretchedwhen being slipped over a valve handle 9, but

-when once the holder is in place the support- 9 ing members 5 contract and serve to support the holder quite firmly between them as shownin Fig. 1.

From the foregoing, it is apparent that by my invention I have'provided an improved 9. soap holder that may be readily applied to the pair of faucets of a wash basin by means of its flexible supporting members. By reason of the fact that the supporting members y 5 are anchored to. the rigid longitudinal members 3 of the frame, the members 5 cannot become displaced and so always serve to yieldingly support the holder in proper position between the faucets.

5 I claim,

A holder of the class described comprising a frame, spaced cross rods secured to opposite sides of said frame, each rod providing doubled end portions projecting beyond its points of attachment to said frame, and flexible supporting members extending from opposite sides of said frame, each supporting member being in the form of a coiled wire with its end convolutions surrounding the doubled end portions of a pair of cross rods and contracted upon the single rod portions between the doubled portions and the frame, to hold said supporting member on said doubled end port-ions.

HOWARD W. HINDES. 

